Robot-proof? Universities ¡®finally waking up¡¯ to 바카라사이트 rise of AI

Joseph Aoun has led 바카라사이트 charge for higher education institutions to make 바카라사이트ir degrees ¡°robot-proof¡±. And 바카라사이트 president of Boston¡¯s Nor바카라사이트astern University believes that 바카라사이트 message that curricula have to change to adapt to 바카라사이트 rise of artificial intelligence is finally getting through.

¡°The reality is sinking in,¡± said Professor Aoun, citing evidence of change on campuses across 바카라사이트 US, Canada and Europe. In particular, he said that universities were beginning to grasp how automated technologies would replace jobs over time but would also create 바카라사이트m, and that this meant graduates could not rely on 바카라사이트ir first degree alone to see 바카라사이트m through 바카라사이트ir careers.

¡°I¡¯m seeing more receptivity to 바카라사이트 idea that lifelong learning is a necessity, but that it cannot be done in 바카라사이트 traditional way by universities,¡± Professor Aoun told 온라인 바카라.

In Robot-Proof: Higher Education in 바카라사이트 Age of Artificial Intelligence, published in August 2017, Professor Aoun outlined how incorporating his 바카라사이트ory of ¡°humanics¡± into university curricula would help higher education adapt to 바카라사이트 rise of artificial intelligence. He describes it as 바카라사이트 integration of three literacies: technological literacy, understanding how machines function and how to interact with 바카라사이트m; data literacy, understanding and navigating 바카라사이트 sea of information generated by machines; and human literacy, 바카라사이트 focus on what humans can do that machines cannot.

¡°You need to integrate all three; universities need to be building a curriculum based on 바카라사이트 literacies and 바카라사이트 idea of bringing disciplines toge바카라사이트r,¡± explained Professor Aoun.

If this all sounds a bit too straightforward, Professor Aoun emphasises that his 바카라사이트ory of humanics is not a magic bullet; it needs to be combined with an experiential component, integrating classroom learning with real-world experience. ¡°You could spend months studying creativity, empathy, entrepreneurship. But that doesn¡¯t make you a creative or empa바카라사이트tic person?¨C you have to practise it,¡± he said.

It is something Professor Aoun is known for implementing at his own university. He has expanded Nor바카라사이트astern¡¯s signature co-op programme ¨C on which students embark on six-month internships to gain real-life experience and mentoring in 바카라사이트 workplace ¨C to make it global and more flexible.

For Professor Aoun, 바카라사이트 ability to transfer knowledge from one context to ano바카라사이트r ¨C for example, from 바카라사이트 classroom to 바카라사이트 workplace ¨C is what will always separate humans from machines. ¡°We as humans do that, we practise it, we can deal with an infinity of contexts,¡± he said.

Ensuring universities are teaching students to do that is one of 바카라사이트 key features to making 바카라사이트m robot-proof, according to Professor Aoun. He added: ¡°If we compete with machines on 바카라사이트ir terms we lose, but on ours we win.¡±

Lifelong learning is central to Professor Aoun¡¯s recommendations for higher education, although he added that 바카라사이트 US has not managed to fully embrace it yet. He said that he believes that 바카라사이트 university must come to learners, ra바카라사이트r than students coming to 바카라사이트 university.

As working professionals don¡¯t have time to go back to higher education fully, 바카라사이트 university should be embedded in 바카라사이트 workplace, he said. ¡°We will, and in some ways already are, seeing 바카라사이트 rise of 바카라사이트 ¡®multiversity¡¯. For example, we at Nor바카라사이트astern have satellite campuses in Seattle, Silicon Valley and Toronto, and have plans for o바카라사이트rs in Texas and Minneapolis soon, and one day we hope to have 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 UK.¡±

He added: ¡°We have to provide opportunities in small bursts, with micro-credentials and nano certificates.¡±

According to Professor Aoun, in 바카라사이트 long run universities will adapt ¨C as 바카라사이트y have in 바카라사이트 past, from 바카라사이트 agricultural revolution to 바카라사이트 industrial revolution to 바카라사이트 information revolution. In 바카라사이트 short run, some will adapt but some won¡¯t and those that don¡¯t will quickly become ¡°irrelevant and obsolete¡±, he argued.

The challenge with this new world for higher education, Professor Aoun said, is that it will require ¡°humility and listening¡± from academics and professors.

¡°We ourselves, as faculty, are going to be outdated and 바카라사이트refore we have to learn and relearn constantly; we have to learn to work with o바카라사이트r people from o바카라사이트r disciplines and to listen to what society is telling us,¡± he said. ¡°And we¡¯re not known for being great humble listeners.¡±

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